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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blanche Verlie, Associate Lecturer, RMIT University Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who are walking out of school to protest climate change inaction. These Australian students join children from over 82 countries who are striking to highlight systemic ... <a title="The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/the-terror-of-climate-change-is-transforming-young-peoples-identity-113355/" aria-label="Read more about The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW What a backdown. On Tuesday, with all the grace he could muster, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared that he wouldn’t be implementing as many of the banking royal commission recommendations as he had said he would. As he put it: Following consultation ... <a title="Vital signs. It’s one thing to back down on Hayne’s recommendation about mortgage brokers, it’s another to offer nothing in its place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/vital-signs-its-one-thing-to-back-down-on-haynes-recommendation-about-mortgage-brokers-its-another-to-offer-nothing-in-its-place-113544/" aria-label="Read more about Vital signs. It’s one thing to back down on Hayne’s recommendation about mortgage brokers, it’s another to offer nothing in its place">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurence Troy, Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Not long ago Australia’s housing boom was in full swing. Investors were betting on rising property values, which rose by 13% in Sydney and 15% in Melbourne in the year to mid-2017. Now the withdrawal of overseas buyers ... <a title="Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/build-social-and-affordable-housing-to-get-us-off-the-boom-and-bust-roller-coaster-113113/" aria-label="Read more about Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Maclennan, Professorial Research Fellow in Urban Economics, UNSW; Professor of Strategic Urban Management and Finance, University of St Andrews; Professor in Public Policy, University of Glasgow Federal and state elections in coming weeks provide a timely moment for Australians to reflect on the increasingly obvious failure ... <a title="Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/housing-policy-reset-is-overdue-and-not-only-in-australia-112835/" aria-label="Read more about Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University About a year ago, a Daily Telegraph journalist rang one of us (let’s call him Robert for convenience). She was writing a story about how political correctness was killing comedy and wanted an academic to support the argument. Now “Robert” feels ... <a title="Friday essay: why is Australian satire so rarely risky?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/friday-essay-why-is-australian-satire-so-rarely-risky-112689/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why is Australian satire so rarely risky?">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sydney shock jock Ray Hadley was apoplectic. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, one of Hadley’s favourites, who has a regular spot on his program, had just committed blasphemy. Dutton said he didn’t believe in the government building a new coal-fired ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/grattan-on-friday-the-coalition-is-trapped-in-its-coal-minefield-113577/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 14 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content SFO investigation into National Party Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Could electoral fraud be widespread in NZ? Jamie Ensor ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 14 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-14-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 14 2019">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrystal Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology With investigations under way into two crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft, the US manufacturer has caved to pressure and grounded the entire global fleet totalling 371 planes. That includes both model 8 and 9 versions ... <a title="All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/all-boeing-737-max-flights-grounded-and-travellers-could-feel-it-in-the-hip-pocket-113456/" aria-label="Read more about All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Supriya Singh, Professor, Sociology of Communications, Graduate School of Business & Law, RMIT University Rina’s marriage problems began two days before her wedding, when her fiance’s parents demanded gold and a car. Her parents agreed to part of the demands to ensure the planned marriage went ahead. ... <a title="Dowry abuse does exist, but let’s focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/dowry-abuse-does-exist-but-lets-focus-on-the-wider-issues-of-economic-abuse-and-coercive-control-112288/" aria-label="Read more about Dowry abuse does exist, but let’s focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karena Menzie-Ballantyne, Lecturer in Education, CQUniversity Australia On March 15 2019 thousands of students across Australia will skip school and join the global strike for climate action. This is the second time students have taken to the streets to demand more government action on climate change. Last ... <a title="Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/students-striking-for-climate-action-are-showing-the-exact-skills-employers-look-for-113546/" aria-label="Read more about Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Waters, Professor, Lecturer, Department of Moral Theology and Canon Law, University of Divinity Cardinal George Pell was this week sentenced by a Victorian court to six years’ jail for sexually abusing two choirboys, with a non-parole period of three years and eight months. Although Pell was ... <a title="The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell’s case. What does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/the-catholic-church-is-investigating-george-pells-case-what-does-that-mean-113187/" aria-label="Read more about The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell’s case. What does that mean?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Young people “know the consequences of the current shameful inaction both for themselves and future generations. This should be a moment for stark self-reflection by our political class.” Image: Strike 4 Climate Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational ... <a title="Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/amnesty-welcomes-school-climate-strikes-warns-truant-governments/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments">Read more</a>
